Formed | Jun ??, 1981 in New York, NY |
Genres | Rock |
Style | Styles Thrash, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Rap-Metal |
Labels | Labels Megaforce (8), Island (3), PolyGram (2), Island Visual Arts (2), Elektra (2) |
Nearly as much as Metallica or Megadeth, Anthrax has been responsible for the emergence of speed and thrash metal. Combining the speed and fury of hardcore punk with the prominent guitars and vocals of heavy metal, Anthrax helped create a new subgenre of heavy metal on their early albums. Guitarists Scott Ian and Dan Spitz are a formidable pair, spitting out lightning fast riffs and solos that never seem masturbatory. Unlike Metallica or Megadeth, they had the good sense to temper their often serious music with a healthy dose of humor and realism. After their first album, Fistful of Metal, singer Joey Belladonna and bassist Frank Bello joined the lineup. Belladonna helped take the band further away from conventional metal clichés, and over the next five albums (with the exception of 1988's State of Euphoria, where the band sounded like they were in a creative straight-jacket), Anthrax arguably became the leaders of speed metal. As the '80s became the '90s, Anthrax began to increase their experiments with hip-hop, culminating in a tour with Public Enemy in 1991 and a joint re-recording of PE's classic "Bring the Noise."After their peak period of the late '80s, Anthrax kicked Belladonna out of the band in 1992 and replaced him with ex-Armored Saint vocalist John Bush -- a singer that was gruffer and deeper, fitting most metal conventions perfectly. Subsequently, their sound became less unique and their audience shrank slightly as a consequence, but it would be foolish to count Anthrax out -- these guys are too clever to fade away. |
Similar Artists |
Megadeth , Metallica ,
Slayer , Living Colour , Stormtroopers of Death , Nuclear
Assault Death , Sabbat , Sacred , Reich , Tankard , Manowar , Autopsy , Bolt Thrower Cryptic Slaughter , Dark Angel , The Dead Youth , Hell Bastards , Hexx , Jerry's Kids Leeway , Morgoth , Sacred Denial , Thanatos , Vendetta , Public Enemy , Pantera Cancer , Corrosion of Conformity , Entombed , Biohazard |
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Roots
and Influence |
Black Sabbath , Motörhead , Run-D.M.C. , The Sex Pistols , Venom | ||
Followers | Sevendust , Cannibal , Corpse , Panic , Wehrmacht , Biohazard , Body Count | ||
Perfomed Songs By |
Charlie Benante, Scott
Ian, Neil Turbin, Norbert Krief, Eric Sadler, Hank
Shocklee, Bob Spickard, Neal Smith, Dennis Dunaway, Glen Buxton, Angelo Badalamenti, Michael Bruce, Joe Jackson, Ace Frehley, Alice Cooper |
1984 | Fistful of Metal | Megaforce |
1985 | Armed and Dangerous | Megaforce |
1985 | Spreading the Disease | Megaforce |
1987 | Among the Living | Megaforce |
1987 | I'm the Man | Megaforce |
1988 | State of Euphoria | Megaforce |
1988 | State of Euphoria [Clean] | Island |
1990 | Persistence of Time | Megaforce |
1991 | Attack of the Killer B's | Island |
1993 | Sound of White Noise | Elektra |
1994 | Live - the Island Years | Island |
1995 | Stomp 442 | Elektra |
Oidivnikufesin [N.F.V.] | PolyGram |
1993 | Penikufesin | Alex |
1993 | Black Lodge | Elektra/Asylums |
1988 | Statements from Euphoria: Interview | Megaforce |
1991 | Attack of the Killer B's: The Videos | Island Visual |
N.F.V. | ||
N.F.V. [Clean Version] | ||
Through Time P.O.V. | PolyGram | |
Live Noize | Island Visual |
1987 | Power Chords, Vol. 1 | Atlantic |
1991 | Public Enemy Apocalypse 91...The Enemy Strikes B | |
1994 | Kiss My Ass: Classic Kiss Regrooved | |
1996 | Bordello of Blood [o.S.T.] Producer, Mixing | |
Return of the Living Dead [Pt. 2] | ||
Wild BunchWild Bunch |